Didn't see that coming!

 

 

We had this amaryllis bulb.  It was only supposed to last for one blooming: one season.  Here is a shot from then.

We weren’t ready to throw it away when it was done, so we kept it in a pot and took care of it over the summer.  It repaid us by flowering great for a couple more seasons.  Then it languished over this last summer and fall.  The old leaves fell off.  No new shoots.  We waited until the end of February, then gave up and tossed it.  We didn’t throw it in the trash, we threw it in the compost tumbler.

 

When that batch of compost was done, I dumped it into a tub to spread around plants in the yard and lo and behold, the amaryllis had come back to life!  With admiration and respect, we stuck it in a pot and put it back on the deck. 

 

It’s pretty pale from growing in the dark, so we’ll leave it out of the direct sun for a few days.  Don’t know what it’s going to do next.  Looks like it means to bloom.  Whatever that little plant ends up doing now is fine with us though.  We’ll be very cautious about giving up on it again.